ONDONGA, 28 May 2026- Ondonga King Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 28 May 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Oluno Community Hall in the Oshana region.

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende, Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse during the Genocide Remembrance Day in Opuwo, Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb (l), Chairperson of the Genocide Committee in Erongo Uahimisa Kaapehi (m) and other political and traditional leaders kneel at the entrance of the Swakopmund Memorial Park to seek for permission from the ancestors before entering the cemetery, during the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb of the !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authority, Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority and Former Member of Parliament (MP) Usutuaije Maamberua paying their respects to the victims of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, during the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 MAY 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb laying a wreath on the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide Monument at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, in remembrance of the 1904-1908 Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026 - Senior Council Uahuna Tjiposa of the Otjikaoko Traditional Authority speaking at the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

People sit in a ride at an amusement park in the Mansour district of Baghdad on May 28, 2026 on the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

People ride a Ferris wheel at an amusement park in the Mansour district of Baghdad on May 28, 2026 on the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

Sweden's forward #70 Oskar Sundqvist (2nd R) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men's World Championship quarter-final match between Switzerland and Sweden at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Sweden's forward #70 Oskar Sundqvist (2nd R) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men's World Championship quarter-final match between Switzerland and Sweden at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

People visit an amusement park in the Mansour district of Baghdad on May 28, 2026 on the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

People sit in a ride at an amusement park in the Mansour district of Baghdad on May 28, 2026 on the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates the Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Sweden's forward #70 Oskar Sundqvist (C) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men's World Championship quarter-final match between Switzerland and Sweden at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)